Alberta Teachers Association v Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No 29, 2013 ABQB 268, Alberta Grievance Arbitration
Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No. 29 v
Alberta Teachers Association, 2014 ABCA 407, Alberta Court of Appeal
Stakeholders included
the Alberta Teachers Association, Alberta School Councils and School Boards, Alberta School Superintendents, First Nations, Metis and Inuit and other education and community members.
In this post, which appeared in the ATA Magazine of
the Alberta Teachers Association, Sahlberg writes about three fallacies underpinning efforts to change the teaching force in the United States and beyond.
The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for
the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.
Not exact matches
According to The
Alberta Teachers»
Association, pretend play in the physical world has a far more valuable impact on early brain development than electronic media.
Mr. Jean will face incumbent PC MLA Don Scott, the Minister of Advanced Education, and NDP candidate Ariana Mancini, a grade 1
teacher and
Alberta Teachers»
Association activist.
The president of the
Alberta Teachers»
Association, Greg Jeffery, says his organization supports Bill 24.
PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL Almaden Country School, San Jose, CA The Berkeley School, Berkeley, CA The Blake School, Minneapolis, MN Canadian
Teachers Federation, National Status of Women Conference, Ottowa, Ontario Catlin Gabel School Family Montessori School, El Cerrito, CA Gender Equity Council, Dade County, FL Georgetown Day School, Washington, DC Greater Edmonton
Teachers Convention
Association, Edmonton,
Alberta The Laurel School for Girls, Cleveland, OH Head Royce School, Oakland, CA Educational Leadership
Association, Toledo OH Epiphany School, Seattle, WA The Julia Morgan School for Girls, Oakland, CA Katherine Delmar Burke School, San Francisco, CA Lexington Community Education, Lexington, MA.
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12 This site offers a series of inquiry - based mathematics activities that were created by
teachers through staff development workshops delivered by the Galileo Educational Network
Association (GENA) in conjunction with Mount Royal College in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada.
They've released an open letterSignatories include,
Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, Atlantic Provinces Library
Association, BC Civil Liberties
Association, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy
Association, BC Library
Association, Colin Bennett, Professor of Political Science, University of Victoria, Canadian
Association of University
Teachers, Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Canadian Library
Association, CLUE: The Canadian
Association for Open Source, Consumers
Association of Canada, Electronic Frontier Canada, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FLORA.org, Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Marsha Hanen, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law & Technology at the University of Ottawa, Library
Association of
Alberta, Online Rights Canada, Ontario Library
Association, Bruce Phillips, former Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Privaterra, Pubic Interest Advocacy Centre, Teresa Scassa, Director of the Law and Technology Institute and Associate Professor at Dalhousie Law School, Val Steeves, Professor, Faculty of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Paul Van Oorschot, Canada Research Chair in Network and Software Security, at Carleton University.
Key clients: University of
Alberta; Brookfield Residential (
Alberta) LP.;
Alberta Teachers»
Association;
Alberta Health Services.; major insurance companies; major financial institutions
Then in 2011 Justice Rothstein, this time writing for the majority in
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v
Alberta Teachers»
Association, 2011 SCC 61, wrote that the principle of judicial deference asserted in Dunsmuir had evolved to the point where there is a presumption the standard of review is reasonableness where a statutory decision - maker applies and interprets its home statute (at para 39).
Her divergence from the majority in both decisions rested on the view that judicial deference is based upon the principle of relative expertise or experience in a particular area, and thus this bare assertion of a presumption of deference simply because a statutory decision - maker is interpreting its home statute pays too little attention to whether the statutory decision - maker actually has sufficient expertise or experience to justify deference to its determination of a legal question (See Alliance Pipeline at para 80 and
Alberta Teachers»
Association at paras 82 — 89).
Madam Justice Deschamps wrote concurring opinions in both
Alberta Teachers»
Association and Alliance Pipeline.
The Court of Appeal noted that s. 84 (4) of the General Bylaws of the
Alberta Teachers»
Association states, «unless otherwise specified the votes or decisions of any committee or panel shall be by majority of those participating in the vote or decision.»
BACKGROUND: The Appellant, Cynthia Green, was found guilty of unprofessional conduct by the Hearing Committee of the Respondent
Alberta Teachers»
Association.
The
Alberta Teachers»
Association sought judicial review of the commissioner's decision on the basis that the commissioner had lost jurisdiction by failing to exercise its subsection 50 (5) power within the ninety - day timeline.
In setting out the categorical approach, and presaging the view taken by Justice Rothstein in
Alberta Teachers»
Association, Justices LeBel and Cromwell held that the category of jurisdictional questions was to be construed «narrowly».
Indeed, if the Court's treatment of the category of jurisdictional questions in
Alberta Teachers»
Association suggests a willingness to narrow the categories of correctness review in order to be more deferential, [75] this aim will be frustrated if the standard of reasonableness is applied in a nondeferential manner.
[17] More importantly, it was Rothstein J, in
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v
Alberta Teachers»
Association, [18] who questioned the need for retaining the category assigned to true jurisdictional questions.
Decision considered:
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v
Alberta Teachers»
Association, 2011 SCC 61
In sum, the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) received complaints that the
Alberta Teachers»
Association (ATA) had disclosed personal information in contravention of
Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act, SA 2003 c P - 6.5 (PIPA).
For example, Madam Justice Deschamps wrote a concurring opinion in
Alberta Teachers»
Association on the view that judicial deference is based upon the principle of relative expertise or experience in a particular area, and thus a bare assertion of a presumption of deference simply because a statutory decision - maker is interpreting its home statute pays too little attention to whether the statutory decision - maker actually has sufficient expertise or experience to justify deference to its determination of a legal question (
Alberta Teachers»
Association at paras 82 — 89).
Moreover, the Court pointed to
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v
Alberta Teachers»
Association, 2011 SCC 61 for confirmation that the standard of reasonableness presumptively applies when the Commission is interpreting its home statute.
Decision considered:
Alberta Teachers»
Association v
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2013 ABQB 106.
The current case is interesting because the
Alberta Teachers»
Association (ATA) now seeks to amend its Originating Application to the Court of Queen's Bench to include a request for declarations that selected provisions of the Personal Information Protection Act SA 2003, c P - 6.5 (PIPA) and the PIPA Regulation, Alta Reg 366/2003 are unconstitutional, or that the adjudicator's order is unconstitutional.
As per counsel's interpretation of Dunsmuir v New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9 (CanLII),
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v
Alberta Teachers»
Association, 2011 SCC 61 (CanLII) and Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses» Union v Newfoundland and Labrador (Treasury Board), 2011 SCC 62 (CanLII), where a tribunal is asked to determine its own jurisdiction over a matter (and interpret its home statute) these determinations are subject to deference on judicial review.
Adjudicator rules personal information released in contravention of Personal Information Protection ActAn Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled that the
Alberta Teachers»
Association contravened the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), when it published an article containing the personal information of former members.
Canadian Artists» Representation (CARFAC) Canadian
Association of Professional Image Creators (CAPIC) Canadian
Association of University
Teachers (CAUT) Canadian Authors
Association (CAA) Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) Federation of British Columbia Writers (FBCW) League of Canadian Poets (LCP) Manitoba Writers» Guild (MWG) Outdoor Writers of Canada (OWC) Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) Professional Writers
Association of Canada (PWAC) Saskatchewan Writers» Guild (SWG) The Writers» Union of Canada (TWUC) Writers» Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL) Writers» Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) Writers» Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) Writers Guild of
Alberta (WGA)
Our Court is, however, bound by
Alberta Teacher's
Association and McLean and must comply unless the Supreme Court of Canada instructs otherwise.
[86] The recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada in Agraira v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36 (CanLII) at para. 50 (Agraira) and McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2013 SCC 67 (CanLII) at paras. 20 - 21 and 33 (McLean) stand for the proposition that the presumption of reasonableness set out in
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v.
Alberta Teacher's
Association, 2011 SCC 61 (CanLII), [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654 at para. 39 extends to any administrative decision maker (including a ministerial decision maker) interpreting his or her home statute.
Alberta Teachers»
Association v. Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division, 2013 ABQB 268,
Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No 28 v.
Alberta Teachers»
Association, 2016 CanLII 85245 (AB GAA)
Rogers, CEO, Stewart McKelvey Montreal: Yves Fortier, chairman emeritus, Ogilvy Renault LLP Toronto: Clay Horner, partner, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Toronto: Paul Copeland, human rights lawyer and former Law Society of Upper Canada bencher Ottawa: Eugene Meehan, partner, Lang Michener LLP and former Canadian Bar
Association president Edmonton: Anne McLellan, former attorney general of Canada, now counsel with Bennett Jones LLP and special faculty member at University of
Alberta In - house counsel: Melissa Kennedy, general counsel, corporate secretary, and senior vice president corporate affairs, Ontario
Teachers» Pension Plan Legal academia: Ian Holloway, dean, University of Western Ontario law school Internal
Significant SCC decisions came in at # 5 (
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v.
Alberta Teachers»
Association 2011 SCC 61); # 10 (Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canada (Human Resources and Social Development) 2011 SCC 60), garnering over 300 views even so; and # 12 (Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses» Union v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Treasury Board) 2011 SCC 62) released less than a week ago.
Also in 2011, the SCC held that a decision may imply a particular interpretation of a statutory provision, even if the decision - maker has not expressed an opinion on that provision's meaning (
Alberta Teachers»
Association, 2011 SCC 61).